I want to be traded. I want to play. They know I want to play. I'm surprised I wasn't traded before the deadline. ... They want me to perform, but how can I perform when I have just a couple of at-bats, then they take me out, and I don't play again for days? They said I would be given a chance to play, but it hasn't happened. ... I am not a guy who has caused any trouble, but I want to play.

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Remember last summer when some of us (moi, aussi) here at JoS were trying to mount a palace coup to get Tito to insert Wily Mo into the 5-hole? Those were heady days. They should have listened--the opportunity was there and he was ready. Wily Mo seems like such a genuine, likeable guy, I hope somebody (in the NL) gives him a chance. When he connects, he's pure fun. The other times ... well...

he should've been traded already, but it looks like he will be very soon anyway. I don't care if he's the second coming of david ortiz for the royals, because it wasn't going to happen here. time to face the facts and suck it up if he's awesome, right?

Jere said... Did someone say "in play, run (s)"? Yes! At least 11-2 Blue Jays. Now 12-2 as they walk in a run. I can't keep up with this crazy Gameday. (A Jeter error has helped this inning along.)

You should have heard the excuses coming from Singelton.."when you are in a game like this you play back on your heels, a play he would usually make.blah , blah, blah,He also made a terrible realy throw earlier and the praise flew about how he and Matsui have mastered that play, right after they blew it.....Now thats blather.......

We rested guys like we had a 50-game lead. These guys should play every day. Top athletes. I'd play every day, and I'm just some dude with no muscles. I didn't say never rest them. But it should be a rare thing.

im sure this has been discussed....but what the fuck is with the lineup??????

Relax, it's just Ococ and Flo. Flo's shoulder's been bothering him and Tito decided it'd be nice to give Crisp the day off. Nice guy, considering he was mowed down by a moose on an ATV a few days ago. It probably had something to do with his little tantrum yesterday after his first AB and the K.

I did wonder if the Coco "rest" involved the tantrum. Tito said it was because he's fried out there. Like I said, though, once Papi had to come out, I go right back to the completely fine Coco and say You're playing. You have a day off tomorrow anyway.

Lets see... a bunch of weak rollers for hits by the Angels... check. Angels announcers ready to proclaim every event in some way means the Angles are the greatest team ever... check. Volume muted.... check. Red Sox screwing up... check.

Drew had a long, whether it was cancer or any other type of injury. I say we give this kid time. Being good right away and then shitting the bed later after the manager starts trusting you based on only a few games--it's so--Yankees. Lester will be the Pedroia of pitchers.

In all seriousness, I don't have ridiculously high standards. I can even handle losing. I don't like it, but I can handle it. What I can't handle (besides ridiculously bad announcers) is a team who gets beat in every phase of the game through little fault of their opposition. That has been the Red Sox to a tee in this series up to this past inning.

Jere said... The point is, we're always resting somebody--and in games where it's close, and the offense is that close to getting what would've been the key runs to put you over the top, it's extra frustrating.

You may not feel that way in October....Look at a team like the Yankees the last few years never rest relievers or postion players and fizzle out early in the playoffs....

So rest them all at once! Give up one game if they must have this rest! Instead of risking EVERY game! They're being babied. All these guys. I'd be out there every day for free, and that's true, not just "something people say," even though we all say it.